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Can Chelsea beat Barcelona? Actually, yes

By Ahsan Butt Wed, Apr 18, 2012 12:57AM UTC View Comments

One of my (only?) Chelsea supporting-friends, a guy called Zeyd, sent me the following email yesterday: You’re going to destroy us. Honestly, I just want a bit of respectability to the scoreline. A Milan as opposed to a Leverkusen. We got no chance. Incidentally, the subject line of said email was “Mercy”. Of course, I tossed in the obligatory accusation...

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Dear Barcelona haters, your tears are so sweet

By Ahsan Butt Wed, Apr 04, 2012 8:36AM UTC View Comments

I wonder if there is a five-stages scheme for supporting an awesome, dominant team, similar to the five stages of grief. I can definitely chart my own evolution over the Guardiola years. The first stage is a disbelief seeped in pessimism. You think “yes, nice, a few wins, but there will be more season ending...

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El Clasico Preview

By Ahsan Butt Sat, Dec 10, 2011 7:48AM UTC View Comments

Well, it’s here again. For the seventh time in 2011, Barcelona will play Real Madrid. Here are some thoughts: 1. Mourinho being quiet is scary I prefer a world in which Mourinho is whining and complaining about UEFA, Unicef, referees, schedule makers, and the flying spaghetti monster. It means he knows that he needs a...

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How does Cesc Fabregas fit in at Barcelona?

By Ahsan Butt Thu, Aug 18, 2011 2:22AM UTC View Comments

This past weekend, the interminable Cesc-to-Barcelona saga was finally over — a two (some would say three) year odyssey marked by recriminations, bad blood, offers, rejections, counter-offers, accusations of tapping up, classlessness, Arseblog trolls, Newsnow trolls, 40,000 bad headlines like “Home is where the heart is” or “Pep is bringing Cesc-y back”, political intrigue, and...

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Ten thoughts on the Champions League final

By Ahsan Butt Sun, May 29, 2011 11:22AM UTC View Comments

What a day, what a performance, what a team. Just sublime. Here are some random and unrelated reactions from the Champions League final between Barcelona and Manchester United. 1. Neither team can have any complaints about the referee, or the spirit in which the game was played. I know this sounds like something that should...

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